Miniskirt Sconce

February - May 2026
Steel, Glass, Silver, Linen, Leather

“Miniskirt Sconce” examines feminine interiors through filtered visibility. Throughout all of my research, the most consistent thread is the tension between what is private and what is allowed to be seen. Mary Lippitt Steedman’s bedroom was a highly controlled domestic interior space. The room was respectable and full of objects to signal taste, status, and femininity. Fabric, like curtains or clothing, does not simply cover; it regulates visibility. It can soften, veil, silhouette, and tease out what is behind it without fully disclosing it. In this sense, curtains and clothing operate similarly: both dress a surface, both conceal an interior, and both frame desire through partial revelation. A window dresses the room, clothes dress a body. Light passing through fabric can reveal more than we can imagine, making the hidden visible in designed fragments, in outline, and in atmosphere rather than in full disclosure.